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People’s Daily and Zambian Media Conduct Joint Reporting on China-Africa Cooperation

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On July 29, 2024, the People’s Daily (人民日報) and several Zambian media outlets conducted a joint reporting visit in Lusaka under the theme “China-Africa Cooperation in the New Era” (新時代中非合作) — described as the first such joint reporting exercise between Chinese and Zambian media conducted on Zambian soil. Journalists from the People’s Daily, the Zambia Daily Mail, and the Daily Nation visited the Lusaka Park of the Zambia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (中贊經貿合作區), described in the People’s Daily report as China’s first economic and trade cooperation zone in Africa. According to the People’s Daily, as of June 2024 the zone hosted nearly 90 Chinese enterprises with total investment exceeding 2.7 billion US dollars, and cumulative sales revenue of more than 28 billion US dollars. The joint visit was framed in the People’s Daily as an exercise in “telling the story of China-Zambia and China-Africa cooperation in the new era” (講好新時代中贊、中非合作故事) and “telling the story of high-quality Belt and Road Initiative co-construction” (講好高質量共建一帶一路故事) — formulations that echo Xi Jinping’s directive to “tell China’s story well” (講好中國故事), first issued at the 2013 National Propaganda and Ideology Work Conference. The report was published in the People’s Daily on July 31, 2024.

Xinhua News Agency Signs Agreement With Televisão de Moçambique

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On April 21, 2026, China’s state agency, Xinhua, signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), Mozambique’s government-funded national public broadcaster, during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo’s state visit to Beijing. According to Xinhua, the agreement covers the exchange of news content and personnel visits between the two outlets.The agreement was included on the official outcomes list of President Chapo’s state visit to Beijing.

Xinhua Signs Agreement With Gabinete de Informação

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On April 21, 2026, Xinhua News Agency, China’s state news agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mozambique’s Gabinete de Informação (莫桑比克國家新聞辦公室), whose functions include government information release and coordination between government departments and media. The signing took place during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo’s state visit to China and was listed on the official outcomes of the visit. According to Xinhua, the MOU aimed to strengthen news communication cooperation and jointly develop a high-level forum mechanism for media think tanks from Global South countries, with the stated goal of improving what Xinhua described as “the effectiveness of information dissemination across the Global South” — framing that positions Xinhua as a central node in shaping information flows through partner state institutions across the region.

Xinhua Signs News Exchange Agreement with Zambia News and Information Services

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On August 25, 2023, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Lusaka, Zambia. According to Xinhua, the agreement covered news content exchange, video and new media cooperation, and journalist training. Xinhua’s president, Fu Hua (傅華), met with Loyce Saili, director of ZANIS, at the ZANIS headquarters in Lusaka during a combined signing and equipment handover ceremony, at which Xinhua donated laptops and hard drives to ZANIS. Saili noted that the two agencies’ relationship dated to before 2005, when ZANIS was still called Zambia Information Services, and said the 2023 agreement renewed a memorandum of understanding first concluded in 1984. Saili mentioned that the newly formed ZANIS Television would begin broadcasting later in the year and suggested the agency would look to China for training of related personnel. Using official discourse typical of such arrangements, subordinating media issues to diplomatic relationships, Fu framed the agreements within a broader push to build “a favorable environment in terms of public opinion for both countries to pursue a development path suited to their national conditions” ahead of the 60th anniversary of China-Zambia diplomatic relations in 2024, and invited ZANIS to participate in the fifth World Media Summit, a forum organized and funded by Xinhua.

Xinhua Signs News Exchange Agreement with Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

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On August 25, 2023, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) in Lusaka, Zambia. Fu Hua (傅華), Xinhua’s president, met with Bright Nkaka, acting director-general of the ZNBC, at a dedicated signing ceremony. According to Xinhua, the agreement was intended to broaden the ZNBC’s communications channels and enrich its news content for Zambian audiences. Fu said Xinhua was prepared to share its experience of technology-driven media convergence — an overarching term for digital media transition — and to deepen cooperation through Xinhua-organized multilateral platforms, including the World Media Summit and the BRICS Media Forum, both of which serve as channels for Chinese state framing of global media norms and responsibilities. On the same day, Xinhua donated laptops and hard drives to several Zambian media organizations.

Xinhua News Agency Signs Agreement With Agência de Informação de Moçambique

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On April 21, 2026, China’s state news agency, Xinhua, signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with the Agência de Informação de Moçambique (莫桑比克通訊社), or AIM, Mozambique’s state news agency. The signing took place during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo’s state visit to Beijing and was listed on the official outcomes of the visit. According to Xinhua, the agreement covered what the agency described as “practical cooperation” in news content exchange and personnel visits between the two outlets.

Xinhua Signs News Service Agreement with Zambezi FM Radio

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On August 25, 2023, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency signed a news service agreement with Zambezi FM Radio in Lusaka, Zambia, during a visit by Xinhua president Fu Hua (傅華). According to Xinhua, both sides described the agreement as intended to enhance mutual understanding between Chinese and Zambian people and promote friendly bilateral relations — framing consistent with Xinhua’s standard characterization of its international media partnerships as instruments of bilateral goodwill. Fu said that the cooperation would help media on both sides “better tell the stories of China-Zambia friendship.” The agreement was one of three cooperation deals Xinhua concluded with Zambian media organizations during the same trip, alongside separate agreements with the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) and the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC).

Xinhua Editor-in-Chief Meets Agencia EFE President in Madrid

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On May 12, 2016, He Ping (何平), then editor-in-chief of China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency (新華通訊社), met with José Antonio Vera, then president of Spain’s Agencia EFE (埃菲通訊社), in Madrid. He Ping called for deeper cooperation and said Xinhua should serve as a “bridge” between the two countries’ populations — language characteristic of the CCP’s framing of state media as instruments of public diplomacy rather than news organizations. Vera, who had visited Xinhua the previous year, welcomed the meeting and described the agency’s development as having made a strong impression during that visit. He Ping was in Spain at Agencia EFE’s invitation and also met with representatives of the financial newspaper Mundo Financiero, the foreign affairs outlet El Diplomático, and the regional daily Diario del Norte de Castilla.

CCTV and RTVE Sign Cooperation Agreement

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On January 30, 2009, Spain’s public broadcaster, Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE) and China Central Television (CCTV) signed a cooperation agreement during former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s (溫家寶) official visit to Spain. Signed by then RTVE president Luis Fernández and the director of CCTV, the agreement covered the exchange of news programming, documentaries, and a range of cultural content, as well as co-productions and training exchanges for professionals from both stations. The broadcasters also committed to organizing themed broadcast weeks: “TVE China Week” and “Spanish Week at CCTV” — and planned musical collaborations between the RTVE Orchestra and Choir and Chinese artists.